Archive for November 17, 2011

Christmas this year is around the corner, perhaps you might have acquired loads of Christmas photographs and pictures wish to share with your family and friends. This article shows how to make a Christmas ecard with photos, make Xmas ecards for Xmas 2011.

The following steps will show you how to create your Xmas ecards easily. Before making a Xmas e-Cards, you need to download the Christmas card maker and install on your computer. Here is the Download URLs:

Make a Christmas ecard with Photos

1. Start the slideshow maker;
2. Click the ‘Add’ tap to add your digital pictures to the program;
3. Optionally you can go to ‘Transition Effect’ and pick up transition effect for different pictures;
4. Edit images. You can double click one picture and a ‘Edit Photo window will pop up, where you can add your greetings under the ‘Text’ tab and add Christmas Art clip to photos.

5. Go to the ‘Theme’ tab, click Basic button bellow it, there are several templates designed for Xmas, #38.Merry Christmas, #39. Merry Christmas 1, #52. Christmas 2.
Under the Advanced theme tab, there are several Xmas templates for skilled users as well.
6. Make a music ecards. Please click the ‘Add’ button from the lower section under the Theme tab to add your own music to your eCard. You can also add your favorite music from a CD disc into the ecard.
7. The last step to make a Xmas ecard is to publish and share. Go to the Publish tab from the slideshow maker, choose the first option ‘Create Flash File Only’ to save the Xmas ecard on to your local computer, you can email it to your friends or family later. Or you can publish it to SkyAlbum.com and share with others simply sending the URL link to them.

Like to share your ecards here? You can publish to your website/blogs or publish them to SkyAlbum.com from the ecard maker, then post the link in the comment. If you need help in building a free ecard, feel free to leave us a comment here.

In an previous post we discussed how to use the built-in YouTube app for iPhone 4S, however as we all know that you can’t download YouTube videos on to your iPhone 4S with this built-in YouTube app on your iPhone. Today we will introduce you another great app for downloading videos from Youtube to your iPhone (including the latest model iPhone 4S, No Jailbroken iPhone required!).

Steps to Download YouTube Videos to iPhone 4S for FREE

Step 1. Get FREE YouTube to iPhone Downloader

Here we recommend Socusoft DVD to iPad Converter which has the built-in Free YouTube downloader for both Windows and Mac. Download URLs as bellow:

Click the “YouTube” button on the upper right corner of the main interface

Step 3. Add YouTube Video Links

Browse to youtube.com and open up the YouTube videos you want to download to your iPhone. Copy the URL of each video from your browser address bar and paste them to the YouTube Downloader “Video Link” field one by one.

Step 4. Download YouTube HD videos to iPhone

You can directly save YouTube videos to different formats, MP4, FLV and 3GP. Choose MP4 as the output format for your iPhone or iPhone 4S(iPhone works with .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats). Videos can be download in both higher and lower quality. If you tick the option “HD MP4 if it is available”, you will download the YouTube HD videos.

Double click a YouTube video from the Free YouTube to iPhone Downloader download list to get Youtube videos to your computer. Alternatively, you can click to select a YouTube video, then click Download button from the lower right corner to begin downloading.

You can download multiple Youtube videos at a time, the progress shows at the Status column .

Step 5. Convert YouTube Videos to iPhone

You can even convert the downloaded video into your favorite format. By default, you can choose MP4, FLV and 3GP as the output video when download YouTube videos. However if you like to edit the videos or change video formats to fit your video players the best. You can add the downloaded YouTube video clips to the converter and convert them to other video formats you need.

Step 6. Transfer YouTube Video to iPhone

When the YouTube video to iPhone format conversion completes, connect your iPhone 4S to computer, drag and drop the converted YouTube HD videos into iTunes for syncing to iPhone 4S. Add YouTube videos to your iPhone 4S, you can then enjoy the saved YouTube videos on your iPhone 4S everywhere you go.

YouTube videos is a very important part of iPhone entertainment. To watch YouTube video on iPhone 4S, you do not have to download YouTube videos on to your iPhone or convert YouTube videos (FLV) to iPhone 4S compatible video format. In case you like to do so, there are some video tools can help you, one of the notable ones is Socusoft DVD to iPad Converter, which works perfect for iPhone serials including iPhone 4, iPhone 4S.

How to watch Youtube videos on iPhone 4S?

You can use Youtube iPhone 4S app to watch YouTube videos, the built-in YouTube App for iPhone 4S on the iOS 5 system. YouTube on iPhone 4S app is very easy to use. Simply login to your YouTube account and get your favorite videos. With the built-in Youtube iPhone 4S App, you can watch youtube videos on iphone 4s including TV shows, movies, music videos, etc. Other than that, you can upload videos from your iPhone 4S directly to YouTube. Videos in the Photos app can be sent to YouTube. Some YouTube features require a YouTube account. To set up an account, go to www.youtube.com.

How to use YouTube app for iPhone 4S?

With YouTube on iPhone 4S app, you can browse to any Youtube videos and tap a video to play it, you can also tap Search at the bottom of the Youtube App for iPhone screen to search for videos about topics of interest. If you want more related videos, just tap the next to any video in a list.

It is convenient for you to track videos you like on iPhone 4S. You can add a video to your list of favorites or add video to a playlist. You can see more videos submitted by the same account and subscribe to an account you like.

Should you like to share videos, just tap the next icon and tap Share Video, or if you’re watching the video, just tap the mail icon to email a link to a YouTube video to your friends right on your iPhone 4S.

You can comment and rate on Youtube videos from your iPhone 4S as well. On the More info screen, tap“Rate, Comment, or Flag,” then choose “Rate or Comment.”

If you have a YouTube account, you can send videos directly to YouTube from your iPhone 4S.